Bird AlbumSouth Africa · Western Cape
Boulders Beach
156 species and 18,958 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–November, with up to 69 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African PenguinSpheniscus demersus
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini
Cape CormorantPhalacrocorax capensis
Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Cape Robin-ChatDessonornis caffer
Cape White-eyeZosterops virens
Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligulaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Table Mt. NP – Cape Point Section11 km186 species
- Kirstenhof Wetland14 km115 species
- Strandfontein WTP14 km244 species
- Rondevlei NR16 km201 species
- Table Mt. NP – Cape of Good Hope18 km168 species
- Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden23 km130 species
All 156 species recorded here
- African Penguin Spheniscus demersus
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Hartlaub's Gull Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
- Karoo Prinia Prinia maculosa
- Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Cape White-eye Zosterops virens
- Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Crowned Cormorant Microcarbo coronatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Southern Boubou Laniarius ferrugineus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Large Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Bank Cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus
- Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Cape Gannet Morus capensis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Orange-breasted Sunbird Anthobaphes violacea
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer
- Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens
- Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata
- Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
- Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
- Cape Batis Batis capensis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White-backed Mousebird Colius colius
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Cape Spurfowl Pternistis capensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
- Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus
- Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Grey-backed Cisticola Cisticola subruficapilla
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus
- Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Cape Siskin Crithagra totta
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Levaillant's Cisticola Cisticola tinniens
- Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Karoo Scrub Robin Tychaedon coryphoeus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Forest Canary Crithagra scotops
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Grey-winged Francolin Scleroptila afra
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Pintado Petrel Daption capense
- Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Boulders Beach?
August–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 69 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Boulders Beach?
156 species, from 18,958 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Boulders Beach in November?
The most recorded in November: African Penguin, Kelp Gull, African Oystercatcher, Cape Cormorant and Red-winged Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.